Workforce Development & Training

Talking Shop August 2009 column

Today's Web-based training programs can get machine operators ready to cut metal r before they ever lay hands on a real tool.

One of the largest cutting tool companies in the world began as a kitchen-table operation in a remote part of Israel.

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Companies work to interest youths in manufacturing through outreach efforts and partnerships with schools to offer courses that lead to college degrees in manufacturing.

A high school student working in a machine shop for a day offers this salute to machinists ... and the grease on their hands.

This article describes the apprenticeship program and other activities that toolmaker Komet of America is pursuing to bring new people into the metalworking industry as machinists. The company has met with some success working with the Tooling & Manufacturing Association and a local high school.